Roger Cicero | |
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 Cicero performing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Roger Marcel Cicero Ciceu |
| Born |
6 July 1970 West Berlin, West Germany |
| Died | 24 March 2016 (aged 45) Hamburg, Germany |
| Genres | Jazz, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Years active | 2003–2016 |
| Labels | Starwatch Music |
| Website | roger-cicero |
Roger Marcel Cicero Ciceu (6 July 1970 – 24 March 2016) was a German jazz and pop musician.
Biography
Roger Cicero was born in 1970 in Berlin to Romanian jazz pianist Eugen Cicero and dancer Lili Cziczeo.
Cicero represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki his song "Frauen regier'n die Welt" ("Women Rule the World"). He finished 19th.
In 2014, he was one of the stars of the Vox television show "Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert" (Sing my song – the exchange concert) along with Xavier Naidoo, Sasha, Andreas Gabalier, Sandra Nasić and Gregor Meyle.
In late 2014, Cicero fell ill with chronic fatigue syndrome (also called CFS or myalgic encephalomyelitis), which led to an acute case of myocarditis. On 24 March 2016, he died from a stroke; his father, Eugen Cicero, had also died from the same cause.
Discography
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2009 | Hilde | Ricci Blum | |
| The Princess and the Frog | Prince Naveen | German version |
Books
- 2010: Weggefährten. Meine Songs fürs Leben, Rowohlt, Berlin ISBN 978-3-499-62652-4.
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